Re: [DS, SG] Sources of WWI tanks and knights

"looked cool"?	You've seen on-line pics?  Gimme!  Plz?

I would also be happy to hear of a US distributor... 

--Flak

On Thu, 2002-04-11 at 11:59, Christopher Pratt wrote:
> Does Irregular have a US distributer... Their stuff looked cool, but
> shipping from UK seems to be very pricey...
> 
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tony Francis" <tony.francis@kuju.com>
> To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 5:08 AM
> Subject: Re: [DS, SG] Sources of WWI tanks and knights
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> > Beth.Fulton@csiro.au wrote:
> > >
> > > G'day,
> > >
> > > Would any kind soul out there be able to recommend manufacturer's
who
> make
> > > decent 6/10mm WWI tanks and knights in armour on foot (preferably
> > > individually based rather than in rows of 6 or whatever)?
> >
> > Irregular make both. Their knights will be on multiple bases, tho'.
> > http://www.irregularminiatures.co.uk/
> > Heroics and Ros also make medievals (War of the Roses, Crusades),
which
> > are cast individually but on strips, if you see what I mean. IIRC
> > they've recently been bought by Navwar.
> > http://www.navwar.freeserve.co.uk/
> >
> > Scotia also make WWI vehicles, which are liable to be considerably
more
> > detailed than Irregular's.
> > http://website.lineone.net/~grendel.co/scotiamicromodels.html
> >
> > > Likewise can anyone recommend a supplier of nice looking 25mm
knights in
> > > armour on foot.
> >
> > My favourite 25mm medievals are the ones by Essex Miniatures. I
> > accumulated a fair number some years ago when my club ran a medieval
> > campaign. They have the advantage of open hands and separate
weapons, so
> > converting them to carry Gauss guns (or whatever) would be easy.
> > http://www.essexminiatures.co.uk/
> > http://www.essexminiatures.com.au
> >
> > > Inspired by Dr Who (as I so often am) I've been mulling over a
force
> (under
> > > the control of TOLEMAC industries founded by Arthur King) who's PA
look
> like
> > > knights in armour and who's vehicles resemble WWI tanks (in
appearance
> not
> > > necessarily function).
> >
> > There's always the option of old-style Epic Land Raiders, which are
> > about as SF-WWI as you could get !
> >
> > Tony
> >
> > -----------------------------
> > Tony Francis
> > Senior Software Engineer
> > Kuju Entertainment

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